May 15, 2020
Friday for the Fifth Week of Easter
Readings for Today
Saint Isidore—Memorial for USA Wey No Be Iwu
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“No be una choose Me, na Me choose una and appoint una to go bear fruit wey go remain.” John 15:16
Pikin dem like to play games. When dem arrange game between two teams, pikin dem dey often line up, dey wait make dem choose dem. Each pikin dey hope say na im dem go first choose. When team want person, e dey make the person know say e get value. When na one pikin dem choose last, e fit hard for am and pain am.
This one dey show the desire wey dey inside each of us to belong and to know say dem want us. The good news be say God truly dey choose each of us. E want make we be members of Im family, and E want make we belong to Am. E dey very important to understand this, and when we understand am, e dey really help us know say we get value.
Na good spiritual practice to dey regularly reflect on the truth say God choose us even before dem born us. E don know us from eternity and put Im eye for our body, as E dey long to bring us among Im own people. We need to understand this, accept am and believe am. We truly belong.
God no only choose us to belong to Am, E also choose us for Im mission. E want use us to go bear fruit for Im Kingdom. E want use us for holy purpose and for the calling wey come from Am. To be member of Im “team” mean say our lives get purpose and meaning. No matter how we fit sometimes feel say we “no qualify” to make any difference, we must remember say God no dey see us like that. Instead, E dey see the ability wey no get limit inside each of us, and E choose to use that ability to build Im Kingdom.
Today, reflect on these two short statements: “I don choose you” and “Go bear fruit.” When you accept the call wey God give you, e go change your life, and e go also change the lives of the people wey E call you to serve.
Lord, I know say You don choose me. I accept Your call for my life. I accept say You don appoint me to carry out Your mission in one special and glorious way. Help me make I continue to say “Yes” to Your call. Jesus, na You I trust.
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